Everyone in Venice is looking for a way to further themselves financially even the Christians.

Example of metaphor in merchant of venice. Shylock Antonio and other characters are unaware of the attorneys real identity. In The Merchant of Venice Venice is represented as a cut-throat and greedy city. The silver casket represents.

Bassanio compares Portias hair to cobwebs to emphasize the beauty of it. He promises Antonio that he will follow this. Contrast between cut-throat Venice vs romantic Belmont.

The audience is aware that Antonios legal counsel is really Portia. Answered by Aslan 5 years ago 8162016 1051 AM. The Merchant of Venice.

The fact that both men give the rings away seems disloyal but they give them away out of loyalty to their friend Antonio and so the metaphor. Here is an example in The Merchant of Venice. In this way Portia mocks the suitors for not only their bad choices but their decision to pursue her in the first place.

45 After losing half his money and converting to a christian Shylock is ultimately shattered. See in text Act II - Scene IX This metaphor suggests that the seeker was burned by the very thing that they sought as in a moth who is burned by the flame. One example of a metaphor in The Merchant of Venice is the use of sheep ewes and fleece to represent charging interest or the lack of charging interest.

A pound of flesh is used as a metaphor for justice. Shylock repeats the phrase Ill have my bond three times and forbids Antonio to speak three times emphasizes Shylocks mercilessness adamancy in having the forfeiture of his bond which is a pound of Antonios flesh. The people of Belmont value love over wealth.